Shortly after DConf, I asked Átila to consider writing a blog post once he got settled into his new role as a language maintainer. I didn't have a clear idea of what the content should be, but about three months ago GreatSam4sure requested in the forums that Átila write a post about his vision for D's future. That blog post is now live.

The blog:
https://dlang.org/blog/2019/10/15/my-vision-of-ds-future/

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/

You'll see that he mentions the items on the list were the result of his thoughts during a long walk around Lake Geneva. It wasn't a three-month walk. The delay is because this is one of those instances where I could use @safe on my long-term memory storage.

Átila would love to have feedback on this. Though you are free to post comments on the blog post or in the reddit thread, it would be great to keep all community-centric discussion in the forums. I've started a thread in the General forum for that purpose.

https://forum.dlang.org/post/nrqyvxcbqlrgbvgnfoow@forum.dlang.org

On 10/15/2019 6:11 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/ 

It's also on the front page of hacker news:

https://news.ycombinator.com/news

On 10/15/2019 6:11 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/

And on the programming subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/di954b/vision_of_ds_future/

On Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at 20:33:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 10/15/2019 6:11 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
>> Reddit:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/
>
> It's also on the front page of hacker news:
>
> https://news.ycombinator.com/news

It's better to link straight to an item on hackernews as links on the front page disappear very fast.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21257943

Cheers,
- Ali

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 09:46:49 UTC, aliak wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at 20:33:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 10/15/2019 6:11 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
>>> Reddit:
>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/
>>
>> It's also on the front page of hacker news:
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/news
>
> It's better to link straight to an item on hackernews as links on the front page disappear very fast.
>
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21257943
>
> Cheers,
> - Ali

You can do that once it's no longer on the front page, but if you do that while it's on the front page the post will be deleted.

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 09:46:49 UTC, aliak wrote:
> It's better to link straight to an item on hackernews as links on the front page disappear very fast.
>
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21257943
>
> Cheers,
> - Ali

HN has this (IMO) ridiculous policy of going to great lengths to prevent upvotes from people following a direct link to the post.

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 12:11:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 09:46:49 UTC, aliak wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at 20:33:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 10/15/2019 6:11 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
>>>> Reddit:
>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/di7gwl/%C3%A1tilas_vision_of_ds_future/
>>>
>>> It's also on the front page of hacker news:
>>>
>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/news
>>
>> It's better to link straight to an item on hackernews as links on the front page disappear very fast.
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21257943
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Ali
>
> You can do that once it's no longer on the front page, but if you do that while it's on the front page the post will be deleted.

So linking to this item on the front page will have it deleted?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21274511

I’d be surprised!

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 17:55:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 09:46:49 UTC, aliak wrote:
>> It's better to link straight to an item on hackernews as links on the front page disappear very fast.
>>
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21257943
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Ali
>
> HN has this (IMO) ridiculous policy of going to great lengths to prevent upvotes from people following a direct link to the post.

Hmm. Are you sure? I just went to that link I put up there and upvoted. Is this documented somewhere?